Valverde (El Hierro) (EFE).- The general secretary of the Canarian PSOE, Ángel Víctor Torres, said this Sunday that his party has demonstrated the defense of the Canary Islands with facts, while others “only do so with headlines and propaganda.”
Statements that Ángel Víctor Torres has made during the presentation of his party’s candidacies in the municipal, insular and regional elections of May 28, and has recalled that the PSOE governs in the El Hierro Cabildo, as well as in its three town halls, so that the objective is to repeat or even improve the results obtained in 2019.
“We have demonstrated with facts the defense of the Canary Islands. Others just do it with headlines and propaganda. Today the Canary Islands are better than four years ago, and there are the official data that prove it. In employment, in health, in education, in dependency, in sustainability, ”Torres said during his speech, as indicated in a statement from his party.
The Canary Islands and Spain “need” to continue counting on progressive governments, and on May 28 “we are playing to continue advancing as we have done these four years”, said Torres, who added that El Hierro is an example in this regard for the rest of the Canary Islands
Alpidio Armas will run for re-election as island president, just like the mayors Antonio Chinea, Pedro Miguel Ángel Acosta and Juan Miguel Padrón at the head of the Valverde, Frontera and El Pinar municipalities, respectively.
One of the novelties of the PSOE from El Hierro for the next electoral appointment is the incorporation of the until now regional deputy Ana González to the candidacy of the Cabildo, as number two of Alpidio Armas. Lucía Fuentes, currently the Island Councilor for Tourism, will be the one who occupies first place on the island list for Parliament this time.
At the ceremony this Sunday, Ana González reviewed the most notable investments made on the island by the Canarian Government, chaired by Ángel Víctor Torres, and cited the expansion of the Insular Hospital, the roofing works for the sports center and the new swimming pool in Valverde, the nursery school opened in Frontera, the refurbishment of the La Restinga port, the El Golfo raft, progress in waste management or the delivery, for the first time in eight years, of 24 public housing.
Alpidio Armas pointed out that “there is a team and there is a project” to continue transforming El Hierro, each of its municipalities and the Canary Islands as a whole, and stressed: “We will work hard to achieve, for the first time, two deputies for this island.”
Antonio Chinea, who will also form part of the insular candidacy, highlighted “the closeness and spirit” of Ángel Víctor Torres, and pointed out that “it is a source of pride” that he has chosen El Hierro as the starting point of his campaign for re-election as President of the Canary Islands
For Pedro Miguel Ángel Acosta, the management and municipal sensitivity of Ángel Víctor Torres has been key so that these four years have meant progress and progress for El Hierro. “Now it’s time to continue all that good work done,” he said.
Magaly González took the floor in place of the mayor and candidate of El Pinar, Juan Miguel Padrón, absent this Sunday in El Mocanal due to being in the recovery phase of a surgical intervention.
Magaly González alluded to the fact that the management that the current government of the Canary Islands has made of the consequences of the volcanic eruption in La Palma far exceeds that of the Canary Islands Coalition with the 2011 volcano in El Hierro.
Then, he said, “they never complied with the rental aid that they promised in La Restinga.” The first seven positions on the socialist list for the El Hierro Cabildo are occupied by: Alpidio Armas, Ana González, Jesús Pérez Quintero, María Mar Suárez, Antonio Chinea, Delioma Padrón and Manuel Soto.
In the candidacy for the Parliament of the Canary Islands, behind Lucía Fuentes, Juan Rafael Zamora, Dolores Padrón and Magaly González are in the next three places.
In Frontera, accompanied by Mayor Pedro Miguel Angel Acosta, opt in the top seven places Mercedes Gabriela Alvarez, Juan Luis Acosta, Tamayt Gonzalez, Jonay Delgado and Lorena Benitez Garcia.
In Valverde’s candidacy, behind mayor Antonio Chinea, are the following five: Rosana González, Víctor Manuel Delgado, Tania Ávila, Francisco Armas and Javier Miguel Quintero. For its part, the list of El Pinar, in the top five positions, They are: the current mayor Juan Miguel Padrón and Magaly González, Juan Isaías Díaz, Lourdes Pérez and Jaisan Morales. EFE
